Korea’s Youngseon Cho sweeps Venezuela’s Ildemaro Ruiz for men’s singles gold at 2017 World Games
JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 7/22/2017, 8:00 PM
Youngseon Cho of Korea, center, won the gold, Ildemaro Ruiz of Venezuela, left, the silver, and Tobias Bording of Germany, right, the bronze, in men's singles on Saturday at the 2017 World Games. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
Youngseon Cho of Korea swept Ildemaro Ruiz of Venezuela to win the men’s singles gold medal on Saturday at the 2017 World Games at Sky Bowling in Wroclaw, Poland, the United States Bowling Congress reported in this news release.
Cho, the fifth seed in the best-of-3 match-play bracket after the morning qualifying session, beat Ruiz 226-182, 257-253.
BowlingDigital.com reported in this story that Cho, who won the World Bowling Masters in 2013 in Las Vegas, became the first Korean...